Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Defending Jacob by William Landay


I had found this book on Amazon and then on my favorite author's eNewsletter I saw that she was reading it and so I was sold. It was much like Jodi Picoult's own style of writing: gets you attached to the main character and their struggle, they win their battle, and in the last 5 pages... BAM, comes an incoming car! (<---- Name this Picoult book) Defending Jacob is keeps you locked into the courtroom drama revolving around a district attornery's son who has been accused of killing a classmate. His dad seems to be the only one who believes in his innocence the entire time. It also discusses an interesting concept called "the Murder Gene." Is it possible that the capacity for committing murder is inherited? Very good book!